There's two more regional additions on the Region 7 baseball team at the Powerade North Carolina State Games.

Pitcher Joseph Lowder of the Ashe County High baseball team and Brock Johnson of South Caldwell will join Utah Jones of Watauga in Charlotte, June 18-22. Lowder was the ace of Ashe County's staff this past season.

He was 8-0 with a save in 12 appearances this season (the Huskies were 9-12) with a sparking 1.19 earned-run-average. Lowder, a sophomore, gave up 12 earned runs on 43 hits with 103 strikeouts and 33 walks allowed.

The Region 7 team will be coached by Robert Little of Lake Norman. He'll be assisted by Terry Johnson of Wilkes Central, Denny Kay of Forbush and Matt Scott of Surry Central.

Region 7 begins competiton against Region 1 on Thursday's June 19 at 10 a.m., at BB&T Ball Park in Charlotte. They play Region 8 at UNC-Charlotte on Friday, June 20 at 6:30 p.m.; they close out pool play against Region 2 on Saturday, June 21 at 3:45 p.m., at UNC -Charlotte.

Consolation games will be played at Hopewell High School on Sunday; the medal games will be played at UNC-Charlotte.